I went to Target with my cousin tonight. Now for me, wandering the aisles of Target aimlessly is a huge mistake because I am always tempted to buy something. Good thing for me, I only had about $10 in my pocket and no credit cards. I would have probably bought the entire toy collection.
When we were younger, my dad was more into buying us educational toys than he was buying the trendy, fun toys that all the other kids had. Sure, we had Barbies and Strawberry Shortcake dolls and the like, but we had more board games and books than anything.
Walking up and down the toy aisles of Target, I saw almost every single toy I ever coveted as a youth and some that they didn’t even have when we were younger. Remember Easy Bake Ovens? It didn’t matter that a huge, hot light bulb was baking the “cakes”, I wanted one damn bad and never got one. I never got a fake stove, refrigerator and sink either, so I blame my parents for the fact that I am not at all domestic. I never really got to play at it as a child. Today’s Easy Bake Ovens look less like ovens and more like microwaves. I still want one.
They have every kind of Barbie imaginable including her unmarried, pregnant friend Midge. Barbie has a more fashionable wardrobe now and a Volkswagen Beetle instead of that classic pink corvette. Her house is more stylish and you can buy it in pieces - the bathroom complete with roman tub, the gourmet kitchen and the fabulous bedroom. She has other cars too, but my eye was drawn to the big, bright Volkswagen Beetle.
They also have these dolls called Brats. The black one is named Sasha but they call her Bunny Boo because she “likes the hipity hop”. That doll is a fashion dynamo diva and I have got to have her. Her friends are fashion divas too. I am going to buy the entire collection, rename the dolls after Tiffanny, Jaime and myself and sit them on my desk at work for people to ooh and ah about.
The best toy in the store was found near the pre-school stuff. It was a huge stuffed Nemo doll that talks! He says about four different phrases and his eyes light up. You know I have to have that.
I’ve decided that I am going to start a toy collection. No, I’m not going to play with them, but I am going to start collecting them. I will put them on display in the spare room in all their finery and I’ll be able to look at them every single day and smile. When my little cousins come over, I’ll threaten them with death if they touch them. I’ll be stingy just like I was when I was a kid.
It’s never too late to start indulging your inner child. Besides, they may be worth money some day.
I got a mini-Brat in a happy meal once. She's Latina and she has long hair, a baby tee-shirt and faux fur. I keep her on my dresser, she helps me with my fashion decisions on Fiday evenings.....
It was Christmas 1979, I woke up to a play stove/oven, refridgerator, sink, table, play food, and the finest plastic dishware you could find. I had the best time with all that! I wish I would've kept it.
Buy yourself another one Lanie! Put it in your room! Even if you just look at it, it's fun.
Brick - I've now decided to buy all the Bratz dolls. My co-worker and I have a plan to create a display in our area using Barbies, Bratz and any other 11 Inch tall doll to represent people we know and work with.
nothing wrong with indulging on toys, but i like this idea of collecting toys, i may do that and i love barbie dolls, my daughter has several of course she has them naked and all over her room, but i am gonna start a doll collection, i also want to collect shoes (they're at hallmark) they are so cute and most of them are shoes i would wear too.